ammonites

Late/Upper Maastrichtian subage/stage

General information
Lower boundary: after 70.6 Ma (based on Maastrichtian)
Upper boundary: equal to 65.5 Ma (based on Danian)
Continent: global
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Key correlations
Period: Cretaceous
Epoch: Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
10 million year bin: Cretaceous 8
Contained within
  • Maastrichtian
  • Phanerozoic
    • Previous intervals
  • Campanian
  • Late/Upper Campanian
  • Middle Campanian
  • Early/Lower Campanian
  • Judithian
  • Aquilan
    • Next intervals
  • Cenozoic
  • Tertiary
  • Paleogene
  • Paleocene
  • Early/Lower Paleocene
  • Danian
  • Dragonian
  • Puercan
  • Pu3
  • Pu2
  • Pu1
  • Tiupampan
  • Dannevirke
  • Teurian
  • MP 1 - 5
    • Shares top with
  • Cretaceous, Haumurian, Late/Upper Cretaceous, Mata, Mesozoic, Senonian
    • Overlaps with
  • Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 to 65.5 Ma)
  • Lancian (70.6 to 65.5 Ma)
  • Edmontonian (70.6 to 65.5 Ma)
    • Appears in scale
  • Gradstein et al. 1995 Mesozoic Substages (1995)

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